LOL, i kno my buddy had one of those specture intaakes from autozone, he had it for a couple months, then we were changing his oils and i poped his hood and the plastic intake broke where the rubber connter connects the air filter and intake, it basicly was craked all the way through, we just duct taped it and changed his oil, lol, he ordered better intake for his frontier but kept and used the filter

I couldn't tell ya, downsizing maybe. At school our whole team, 20 to 30 peps tops, were gonna do a R&D project on basic physics then the following week after we did some testing they said only 10 were allowed and the rest were SOL.

Ill take the extra 2 cyliders............but does it have to be a flord?

it might of "help guide" air in, might be about it, atleast for my old car lol. and the pic is off google, ima chevy dude when it comes to muscle

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Originally Posted by whippersnapper02

Pffffff!!! If you really want to ram some air you need one of these:

or

forced induction is the next step, ram air is like a pusy forced induction, only really see the best Ram at higher speed since the air eventually would get forced in instead of sucked in, then of course u gotta hav actual hood scoops, or if ur an OG, u would run hoodless

wow, i posted this a couple of hours ago and wham-o... a bunch of replies.

yeah, i was wondering if any of these CAIs have real dyno test results to back up their claims. same with aftermarket exhausts. these companies make them for so many applications. i kinda doubt they've taken each exhaust and CAI and dyno'd all the cars they make them for.

so besides that problem, they're not street legal. kinda a hassle to take off/on for smog checks too...and for something that does not improve performance or worse yet, decrease performance since some of them do not seal out hot engine bay air but in fact, may increase the vacuum thereby sucking more hot air in than a stock intake.

i'll pass and save my money for more important mods like the lift and wheels.

wow, i posted this a couple of hours ago and wham-o... a bunch of replies.

yeah, i was wondering if any of these CAIs have real dyno test results to back up their claims. same with aftermarket exhausts. these companies make them for so many applications. i kinda doubt they've taken each exhaust and CAI and dyno'd all the cars they make them for.

so besides that problem, they're not street legal. kinda a hassle to take off/on for smog checks too...and for something that does not improve performance or worse yet, decrease performance since some of them do not seal out hot engine bay air but in fact, may increase the vacuum thereby sucking more hot air in than a stock intake.

i'll pass and save my money for more important mods like the lift and wheels.

the most important thing isnt the "intake" itself, its the filter!! So the CAI isnt exactly what you wanna replace, u wanna replace that shit ass paper air filter u have that does nothing but restrict air!!!! If you want an actually, very small, HP gain and a few more mpgs then just get a drop-in-filter! They ARE smog legal and a good one is only about $40, problem solved!!!!!

Each vehicle and each engine type has to have it's own CARB legal authorization. So a 2nd Gen Tacoma may have different CAIs that are legal for 4cyldr vs 6 cyldr. For a long time the Tundra had a CARB legal CAI while the 2nd gen Tacoma had none.

So I've browsed this thread and did some minor searching. But, my Tacoma is due for it's first smog check this year. I have a drop in K&N filter. Will this be a problem when getting it smogged? It's been a while since I've had a smog check done and I'm not sure, do they do a visual and inspect the filter? No stickers or anything else that would make it look aftermarket without actually looking at the filter. And I'd guess tail pipe emissions wouldn't be much more either, but wanted to verify from anyone who has smogged their V6's with the drop in K&N!